'Snot' to be taken lightly

I have been so lazy lately with posting. Bah. I've had a cold and the amount of snot that has been produced on this block has to be monumental. Seriously. How much snot can one person have? I'm slowly starting to feel some relief and drainage. Please give me back my life. These boogers have consumed two of my weekends...interpretation...Ms. No Fun to be Around. :-)

We were invited to a huge graduation party, but since my sinuses started draining my face felt like I'd been hit with an airbag, like 2o times. My face hurt. My jaw hurt. My teeth hurt. Lastly, my head hurt. That's how much snot was in my sinuses. I don't get sick very often, but when I do, my body likes to do it right. By slamming my head up against a brick wall until I collapse. Thank you. Thank you. That'll be enough.

We relaxed this weekend after the tasking week we'd had by buying a Slip-n-slide and taking Kale to see Kung Fu Panda (great movie). This was Kale's first movie in a theatre. A little nervy situation b/c attention spans and activity level is pretty low. But, all in all, he stayed in his seat all the while tossing and turning, eating, drinking and yes, farting. I think that made his experience complete.

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Onto more exciting things, Obama finally won the democratic nomination. I didn't think Hillary was ever going to concede. Bless her heart. I can't wait to see how many people cannot vote for a black man. And the fact that he's even labeled as a 'black' man frustrates me as well. As a parent of mixed race children, I don't want either of my sons to be identified by one race more than the other. Obama is half black and half white. He has as much white blood as he does black blood running through his body. Yet, he's a 'black' man. I realize we need labels in order to classify things. So, he has to be called a 'black' man. He can't be labeled 'other', unless on paper. Still, the fact that he looks 'black' rubs a lot of people the wrong way. I've actually met people who think that if he gets voted into office that it'll be a free ride for all the black people and that he'll pass a law in order to pay all blacks reparations. HA HA HA. Whoever gets into that office is guided and lured from day one, but no one makes all the decisions. Uh... ever heard of checks and balances? The Constitution? All rational logic goes out the window, though, because hey, he's 'black'.

Happy Monday!